5.3 Sectionalism: Causes of the Civil War

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Which idea does President Lincoln express in this excerpt?

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The Union matters more than the current disagreements between states.

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Which statement describes how the passage (approval) of the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 increased Sectionalism? Options: It allowed slavery to expand into the territories., It gave tax cuts to manufacturers who relocated to the territories., It allowed slaves who escaped to the territories to purchase their freedom., It granted homesteads to immigrants who settled in the territories.

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It allowed slavery to expand into the territories.

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Which region's primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton?

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The region where the primary economic activity in 1861 was the cultivation of cotton.

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This table shows the population of enslaved people in 2 regions of the U.S. in 1840. Which statement describes a factor that MOST contributed to the population difference shown on the table? The South had a society that relied on wage labor. The South had a variety of natural resources. The South had an economy that relied on cotton, The South had an abundance of large cities.

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The South had an economy that relied on cotton.

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Which Statement explains an effect of the Missouri Compromise?

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The Compromise maintained the balance between the number of free states and slaves states in the Senate.